Girl

Directed by
Shu Qi
Starring
Roy Chiu, 9m88, Bai Xiao-Ying
Duration
124 min.
Year
2025
Language
Chinese
Age rating
Från 15 år
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Taiwan, 1988. Hsiao-lee has learned to keep her head down, retreating into her zip-up closet to hide from her father’s outbursts. When she meets the exuberant Li-Li, she is drawn into a world of rebellion and begins to look for a way out of the chaos at home. But as long-buried dreams begin to resurface, Hsiao-lee senses her mother’s past lingering in her own struggles. Caught between inherited sorrow and a longing for freedom, Hsiao-lee must navigate a life that she has not chosen.

It took 11 years for Taiwanese cinema icon Shu Qi to bring her debut feature to life. With a keen eye for detail, she shapes a delicate palette of lights and colours that lends the film its tale-like feel, while her sensitivity guides a cast that draws out deeply felt emotions.

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